The vibrator may be a useful invention, but the central conceit here, that an electrical gadget is a miraculous substitute for intimacy, is as ludicrous as the notion that cybersex is better than the real thing.
It's as ludicrous as blaming a cancer patient for dying of a pulmonary embolism!
This, to me, is as ludicrous as me hitting you up for $250 so I can sit here and write this article instead of selling a consulting hour.
"Combining Piers Morgan with the word "embarrassment" is almost as ludicrous as doing so with "humility"- or for that matter "talent"...," says Simon Adelman.
It seems as ludicrous as everything else.
"That's about as ludicrous as you can get.
The scenario is not as ludicrous as it sounds.
What was visible was as ludicrous as it was unnerving.
The sports announcers actually rose to the occasion, because for hours and hours, they were the only "news guys" on the scene, as ludicrous as that sounds.
And because Mittenhofer's behavior is often just as ludicrous, "Elegy for Young Lovers" has a comic undercurrent that interacts with the tragedy he deliberately sets in motion.
